Matthew Daly

US President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting between US and Chinese officials in the Oval Office of the White House January 31, 2019 in Washington, DC (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

February 1, 2019, 4:50 am

In reversal, Trump says he and intel chiefs actually on ‘same page’

President says top officials have told him their testimony on global threats at a Senate hearing was ‘mischaracterized’ by the media

By Matthew Daly

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, January 23, 2019, as he hosts a roundtable with conservative leaders to discuss the security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

January 24, 2019, 8:18 am

Trump agrees to delay State of Union until after shutdown ends

After week-long standoff with House Speaker Pelosi, US president concedes there is no alternative venue that would do justice to annual speech

By KEVIN FREKING, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey

In this June 8, 2018, file photo, U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, the House voted 416-1 for a resolution repudiating King’s words expressing puzzlement about why terms like “white nationalist” are offensive. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

January 16, 2019, 6:23 am

House rebukes Republican Steve King over white supremacist remarks; he agrees

In unexpected twist, the Iowa congressman supports the measure of disapproval against him, which was adopted, 424-1; top Republican calls on him to quit

By Laurie Kellman and Matthew Daly

Iowa Representative Steve King speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, on January 24, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

January 15, 2019, 5:39 am

GOP lawmaker Steve King loses committee posts over white supremacist remarks

Action by steering committee comes after Republican mused that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms, the latest in a string of controversial comments

By Matthew Daly and Laurie Kellman

The Capitol is seen at day's end as the Senate works on a House-passed bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, December 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

December 22, 2018, 7:46 am

US government partially shuts down in fight over Trump’s Mexican border wall

As Democrats refuse to meet president’s demand of $5 billion for border project, some federal employees are furloughed while others will work unpaid in days before Christmas

By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Zeke Miller

Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, walks with incoming White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, center, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, second from left, after meetings to pass a bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

December 22, 2018, 1:24 am

Trump, Democrats dig in as government heads for shutdown

Inability to resolve conflict would disrupt government operations and leave federal workers furloughed or forced to work without pay just days before Christmas

By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Zeke Miller

Lawmakers arrive to the House chamber to vote on the continuing resolution to fund the federal government, Capitol Hill, January 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

December 20, 2018, 7:45 am

US Senate passes temporary spending bill to keep government running

Legislation to prevent shutdown now moves to House, which is expected to approve it before Friday deadline

By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, meet with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., not shown, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

December 11, 2018, 10:06 pm

Democratic leaders spar with Trump over wall, shut down, in extraordinary video

President’s first meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer since elections ends in acrimony as he vows to get what he wants ‘one way or the other’

By Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey

Retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, right, administers the Judicial Oath to Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the Justices' Conference Room of the Supreme Court Building. Ashley Kavanaugh holds the Bible. At left are their daughters, Margaret, background, and Liza. (Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP)

October 7, 2018, 2:46 am

Kavanaugh sworn in as Supreme Court justice amid rancorous protests

Protesters bang on doors of closed court as retired justice administers oath in private ceremony; Trump praises Kavanaugh for ‘withstanding horrible attack by Democrats’

By Alan Fram, LISA MASCARO and Matthew Daly

Members of the public walk past the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of John McCain of Arizona, who lived and worked in Congress over four decades, in the US Capitol rotunda in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

August 31, 2018, 11:34 pm

Thousands line up to say goodbye to John McCain at US Capitol

President Donald Trump, who mocked the longtime senator for being captured during Vietnam War, was asked to stay away from the service

By LAURIE KELLMA and Matthew Daly

In this photo from May 6, 2013, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., laughs as he and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, cross paths in the Russell Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

August 28, 2018, 11:38 pm

Republicans slow efforts to rename Senate building for McCain

Mitch McConnell announces formation of bipartisan panel to consider other ways of honoring late Arizona senator, like naming a room for him

By Matthew Daly

Sen. Doug Jones, an Alabama Democrat, heads to the Senate to vote on the bipartisan "Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act" which would allow victims of sex trafficking to sue websites that enabled their abuse, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

March 23, 2018, 10:58 am

Alabama senator says Congress must act on gun violence

In maiden Senate speech, Doug Jones says nation has reached a tipping point on guns following mass shooting at Florida high school

By Matthew Daly

US President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, February 28, 2018, with members of congress to discuss school and community safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

March 1, 2018, 3:55 am

In startling about-face, Trump tells lawmakers they’re afraid of gun lobby

US president appears to buck Republican base, seems to support expanded background checks, mental health resources, and raising the age to 21 for purchasing some firearms

By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey

US President Donald Trump takes part in a 'listening session' on gun violence with teachers and students in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

February 22, 2018, 1:36 am

As students and parents beg him for gun control, Trump talks of arming teachers

In wake of Florida school massacre, president promises to be ‘very strong on background checks’ but says administration looking at allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons

By Catherine Lucey and Matthew Daly

In this image provided by the US Army, then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit for service members during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Dec. 15, 2006. (Staff Sgt. Patrick N. Moes/U.S. Army via AP)

November 17, 2017, 11:33 pm

Franken sends apology letter to woman who says he kissed, groped her

Eight women who worked for the Senator vouch for him, saying in a joint statement that he treats them ‘with the utmost respect’

By Matthew Daly and JULIET LINDERMAN